10 Ngako umphrofethi Hananiya wesusa lelijoko entsanyeni yemphrofethi Jeremiya, walephula,
Sedekiya, umsa waKhenana, yena abesente timphondvo tensimbi, wamemeta atsi: “Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze: ‘Ngaleti utawuhlaba emaSiriya aze afe, aphele.’ ”
Naku lokwashiwo nguSimakadze kimi, watsi: “Yenta emajoko ngetitilobho nemicabo, lelinye lawo ulibeke entsanyeni yakho,
“Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, utsi: ‘Ngiyakulephula lijoko lenkhosi yaseBhabhulona.
Ngitawubuyisa futsi kulendzawo naJehoyakhini, umsa waJehoyakimu, inkhosi yakaJuda, nabo bonkhe labatfunjwa kaJuda bayiswa eBhabhulona, ngobe ngitakulephula lijoko lenkhosi yaseBhabhulona,’ kusho Simakadze.”
Baphi labaphrofethi benu labaniphrofethela batsi: ‘Inkhosi yaseBhabhulona ingeke ikuhlasele, nalelive ingeke ilente lutfo’?
Lilanga liyawuba bumnyama eThaphanesi, mhlazana ngigamula lijoko laseGibhithe; lapho-ke emandla ayo letigabatisa ngawo ayawuphela. Iyawusibekelwa ngemafu, netabelo tayo tiyawutfunjwa.
Simakadze utsi: “Nikhulume kimi emavi lanelulaka nalabuhlungu. “Noko niyabuta nitsi: ‘Sikhulumeni lokumelene nawe?’